Derrion Albert was a 16 year old Sophomore at Christian Fenger Academy High School in Chicago. He was an honor roll student, attended church every Sunday, and had a bright and promising future ahead of him. By now, we all know that last week, after a violet melee broke out at his school among fellow students, one wielding a splintered railroad tie as a weapon, Derrion Albert was killed. Another promising future just snuffed out, over dumb and inexplicable violence. Some say Derrion was in the wrong place at the wrong time. But that’s not true. Derrion was leaving school and walking toward the bus stop headed for home when the violence ensued. So he was in the RIGHT place and doing the RIGHT thing.
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The world will never know the greatness this young man may have grown to achieve. In his mind could have been some life altering invention or the cure for cancer. But now, we will never know. So, today is in celebration of his very short life, and in eternal honor of his memory.
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Funeral services for Derrion will be held tomorrow morning at Greater Mount Hebron Baptist Church in Chicago. His family has created a PayPal account in his name for anyone wishing to make donations. For those who are interested, you may visit PayPal.com and send a donation to [email protected].
Forget holding the Olympics in Chicago in 2016. This young man’s untimely and violent death is yet another TRAGEDY highlighting what has become a DEADLY epidemic in that city “Black teens DYING in the streets of Chicago”…!To the degree that the President and first-lady find time to advocate on behalf of Chicago for anything_it should be finding a quick and effective solution to THAT problem!!!AP: Rio de Janeiro Wins 2016 Olympics VoteCOPENHAGEN — Finally, South America gets an Olympics. The 2016 Games are going to Rio de Janeiro.In a vote of high drama, the bustling Brazilian carnival city of beaches, mountains and samba beat surprise finalist Madrid, which got a big helping hand from a very influential friend.Chicago was knocked out in the first round – in one of the most shocking defeats ever in International Olympic Committee voting. Even Tokyo, which had trailed throughout the race, did better – eliminated after Chicago in the second round.Rio spoke to IOC members' consciences: the city argued that it was simply unfair that South America has never hosted the games, while Europe, Asia and North America have done so repeatedly."It is a time to address this imbalance," Brazil's charismatic president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, told the IOC's members before they voted. "It is time to light the Olympic cauldron in a tropical country."Chicago had long been seen as a front-runner and got the highest possible level of support – from President Barack Obama himself. But he only spent a few hours in the Danish capital where the vote was held and left before the result was announced. Former IOC member Kai Holm said that the brevity of his appearance may have counted against him.The short stopover was "too business-like," Holm said. "It can be that some IOC members see it as a lack of respect."Full story: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/02/2016-oly…
I was thinkin the same thing. Instead of all the time put into tryin to get Olympics into chicago we should be spendin time fixing the violence problem. I wonder if this young mans death had any influence on the final decision? Sad so sad. I pray for his soul and his family. RIP young warrior.